Creed is almost 15 years removed from its last album Full Circle, which arrived in 2009. Since then, the band has gone on hiatus so the members could pursue other projects and then reformed. In recent years, the rock group has been picking up steam on streaming platforms as millions of Americans continue to press play on some of the band’s most famous tracks.
Those songs are collected on one compilation — the simply-titled Greatest Hits. Like so many other acts, that hits-laden set keeps Creed on the Billboard charts, and this week it helps the Grammy winners reach a milestone they’ve never seen before.
Greatest Hits Reaches Three Years on Billboard 200
Greatest Hits celebrates three full years on the Billboard 200. The compilation reaches 156 frames on the ranking of the most consumed albums in the country as it dips from No. 81 to No. 85.
Sales and Streaming Keep Greatest Hits Moving Units
More than 20 years after it was released, Greatest Hits is still moving five-digit sums every week in America. In the past tracking period, Luminate reports that the project shifted 12,800 equivalent units. About 1,500 of those were pure purchases, and plays of the many smashes featured on the tracklist — including “Higher,” “With Arms Wide Open,” “One Last Breath,” and “My Sacrifice” — keep the title going on various Billboard tallies.
Strong Performance on Multiple Rock Charts
As Greatest Hits makes it to a special milestone on the Billboard 200, the project can also be found on four other albums rankings. Greatest Hits declines on the Top Hard Rock Albums, Top Rock Albums, and Top Rock & Alternative Albums charts, settling at Nos. 6, 19, and 22, respectively. At the same time, it holds steady at No. 9 on the Top Alternative Albums list.
Creed’s Longest-Charting Album
Creed has sent five projects to the Billboard 200 throughout the years, and three of them have managed to hold on for at least 100 weeks. Greatest Hits is easily the group’s longest-charting success, while My Own Prison racked up 112 stays and Human Clay pushed just past two years with 105 frames somewhere on the roster.
The Appeal of Early-2000s Rock Classics
Originally released in November 2004, Greatest Hits arrived just after Creed disbanded for the first time. It compiled a run of chart-topping rock smashes that defined early-2000s radio and sold millions before streaming even existed. Two decades later, the same songs continue to draw healthy listening figures week after week, making the set one of the rare rock compilations from its era to maintain a consistent presence on the Billboard 200.